A group of people gathered in front of the power armor.
Scanning results showed that its output was much higher than the "Barbarian". Its upper body strength reached 1.8 tons, and as for its lower body strength, it supported long-distance running at a maximum speed of 65 kilometers per hour and a vertical jump from a standstill of over 2.5 meters.
The entire suit weighed 450 kilograms and could withstand a direct hit from a 20mm caliber cannon. There was a gel buffer layer under the armor to absorb impact, and all movable joints were designed with inner and outer sleeve layers, meaning there were no defensive weak points.
The armor around the high-energy battery pack was very thick and had special liquid cooling and fire extinguishing mechanisms, greatly reducing the risk of the battery catching fire and exploding.
Inside the helmet, there was a heart rate detector, night vision, and infrared sensor.
"Very strong, but it feels... not as mighty as I imagined!" Ye Xing said, stroking his chin.
"Jubian, can you explain it to everyone? The audience in my live stream is also very curious. Shouldn't power armor be at least two meters tall and more than one meter wide?"
The power armor in front of him was just over 1.9 meters tall, and its shoulder width was only slightly wider than that of an ordinary person.
"Different games have different settings."
A player named 'See you on the rooftop after school' interjected. His profession in the real world was game art.
"The kind you're talking about is similar to the power armor in 'Fallout 4'. The advantage is that it looks tall and imposing, but the disadvantage is that it doesn't conform to human physiology. In the game, if you use tools to remove the armor texture, you'll find that the driver inside is distorted, with widened shoulders and elongated limbs."
Ye Xing: "Can't they just not stretch? In 'Fallout 4', I saw that the driver's feet were actually on the power armor's ankles, and their hands were in the forearm armor. The power armor's hands were actually mechanical hands."
See you after school: "That would cause the power armor's forearms and lower legs to be much longer than the upper arms and thighs, which would look very disproportionate and not like the balanced appearance in the game. Moreover, doing so would also reduce operational sensitivity, like wearing ill-fitting boots."
Ye Xing: "Hmm... I understand. So, if you're aiming for realism, the height of the power armor would only be a few centimeters taller than the driver, similar to the kind the Master Chief wears in the 'Halo' series."
See you after school: "Right, unless it's heavy power armor where the entire person is curled up inside the chest cavity to drive it, that kind would have to be over 3 meters tall."
"Light types have their advantages," Jubian said. "They are easy to transport, have a small target, and are flexible. Besides, the power armor in front of us is just a blank slate."
Ye Xing: "What do you mean?"
Jubian: "Look at its shoulder armor, chest armor, and back, including the thighs, lower legs, and butt. Are there sockets?"
Ye Xing: "It seems so! You mean, we can also install additional modules!?"
Jubian: "You got it right. Only power armor with all modules installed is true power armor. Otherwise, there's no essential difference from an exoskeleton with armor attached."
"Then what functions do the various modules have?"
Ye Xing read out the most frequent bullet screen comments in the live stream.
Jubian: "I can't say for sure either. Explosive reactive armor should be the most basic. Also, there should be rare items like flight packs, and the helmet likely has different models."
"Oh~~~"
Everyone immediately started imagining.
"Do you think this might be the equipment system in the game?"
"Very likely! It's finally updated. Head, shoulders, waist, back, butt, thighs, lower legs, plus hands and feet, it's very rich. If you want to install everything, it should take a lot of effort."
"Don't forget that each part also has different qualities!"
"But the good news is, as long as you get one piece, you can scan it to get the engineering blueprint, and then mass-produce it for everyone!"
"Sigh! I can't wait!"
"The bad news is that there isn't a single blueprint right now. The Stormwind Gang was really tricked by Apollo, only buying equipment slots."
"A bunch of idiots!"
The current priority was to open the power armor and drag the corpse out.
Lu Yuan found a line of text on the power armor's forearm. It seemed this driver wasn't very intelligent and was afraid of forgetting, so he wrote the emergency opening method directly on his arm.
Within 5 seconds, touch the left temple 3 times, the right temple 2 times, and the jaw 4 times to bypass the voice control system and directly activate the power armor.
After the lock was released, a group of players swarmed forward and stripped off the various parts of the power armor, moving very quickly.
The driver's neck was burned into a charred mess. Guo Li Cheng did a pretty good job. The power armor itself was over 97% intact. It could be transported back to the camp and put into the 3D printer, and it would be repaired within two hours.
Even if it was just a blank slate, this was by far the most valuable loot.
Thinking of all the employees having such a suit in the future, Lu Yuan was very excited! However, on the surface, he had to maintain the image of a calm, knowledgeable Executive Officer.
Maintaining a persona is so tiring!
…………
When the people from the town emerged from the mine, it was already morning.
They were surprised to find that it wasn't some imagined large army that defeated the Stormwind Gang, but only less than 30 Celestial from "Cangyuan", plus 50 good lads from the town.
Too strong!
Simply incomprehensible!
Those Cangyuan employees were cleaning up the battlefield, showing no signs of injury or even fatigue, chatting and laughing with each other.
In the distance, the wreckage of a large number of vehicles burned under the morning sun, smoke rising high into the sky.
Language could not describe the shock brought by this contrast.
That was the Stormwind Gang, the Raiders under the "Desert Lion", the kings of this Desert!
But from the outcome of the battle, they suffered a complete massacre, and Cangyuan didn't even use their full strength.
What about Oasis City?
Even against Oasis City, Cangyuan could win, right? Doesn't that mean...
At this time, on the battlefield outside the town, Caoyuan was reporting the situation to Lu Yuan.
"We have initial results from the prisoner interrogation."
"Tell me."
"Most of the troops that attacked Red Iron Town were mobilized from three branch camps. Currently, the defenses of these branch camps should be very weak. We expect to take them easily and take over the supplies within."
"Okay. What about the main camp?"
"The elite troops left to defend the main camp are 1.2 times the size of this force, and the main camp has permanent defensive fortifications. Our ammunition consumption is already over half, so we probably can't take it."
"Understood. It's okay, Hart definitely wouldn't dare to attack after learning the outcome of this battle."
"That's right, there's something else that's very concerning."
"What is it?"
"The headquarters of the Stormwind Gang is a pre-apocalypse underground building. They don't know the function of this building, but in the deepest part of the underground, there is a metal vault that they couldn't open no matter what they tried."
